Tuesday, February 17, 2009

"However, her sons asked her to play some games with them before she finalized her judgment. 'I sat down and played Halo with them, and while I saw that it's very violent, I also saw that it's a very condensed form of violence… so I started to take a different view about video games: maybe I should be a little less hysterical about them.'"

and, finally,

"Hopefully, by getting society to lighten up a little on these zero-tolerance policies, the academic and creative development of young men might get back on track. 'I think if we don't start thinking about [the issue] a little more seriously,' said Tyre, 'it's not going to change.'"

1 comment:

I've always thought that the only people suggesting that video game violence created real-world violence are people who have never played a video game. There's no more of a link there than there was between heavy metal and teen suicide in the 80's.

There's a critical third ingredient required for any of these horror stories to come true - mental illness.